Minor Axis
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Ok, my question: Do atheists believe in a spiritual life, not spiritual in the presence of a God, but a continuation of awareness in another plain after physical death? Personally I've talked to two atheists and both believe when you die it's all over, oblivion forever.
As an agnostic, personally I think this is way out on a limb, just as far as believing in a particular religious dogma although I can't rule out any of it with 100% certainty. For example, you gained awareness once, and you have eternity to work with, why not gain awareness again?
You atheists if you do believe in a spirit you're not that much different than agnostics other than you don't think there is any specific God we know about, but there very well could be *something* completely beyond our current comprehension that could be given the label of God. But even I doubt it would be a single all powerful being as we think of them in religion.
Agnosticism
This from Wiki: Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable.
Demographic research services normally list agnostics in the same category as atheists and non-religious people[1], using 'agnostic' in the newer sense of 'noncommittal'[2]. However, this can be misleading given the existence of agnostic theists, who identify themselves as both agnostics in the original sense and followers of a particular religion.
Atheism
This from Wiki: Atheism, as an explicit position, either affirms the nonexistence of gods[1] or rejects theism.[2] When defined more broadly, atheism is the absence of belief in deities,[3] alternatively called nontheism.[4] Although atheism is often equated with irreligion, some religious philosophies, such as Jainism, secular theology and some varieties of Buddhism such as Theravada do not include belief in a personal god as a tenet of the religion.
Many self-described atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Others argue for atheism on philosophical, social or historical grounds. Although many self-described atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism[5] and naturalism,[6] there is no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere.[7]
As an agnostic, personally I think this is way out on a limb, just as far as believing in a particular religious dogma although I can't rule out any of it with 100% certainty. For example, you gained awareness once, and you have eternity to work with, why not gain awareness again?
You atheists if you do believe in a spirit you're not that much different than agnostics other than you don't think there is any specific God we know about, but there very well could be *something* completely beyond our current comprehension that could be given the label of God. But even I doubt it would be a single all powerful being as we think of them in religion.
Agnosticism
This from Wiki: Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable.
Demographic research services normally list agnostics in the same category as atheists and non-religious people[1], using 'agnostic' in the newer sense of 'noncommittal'[2]. However, this can be misleading given the existence of agnostic theists, who identify themselves as both agnostics in the original sense and followers of a particular religion.
Atheism
This from Wiki: Atheism, as an explicit position, either affirms the nonexistence of gods[1] or rejects theism.[2] When defined more broadly, atheism is the absence of belief in deities,[3] alternatively called nontheism.[4] Although atheism is often equated with irreligion, some religious philosophies, such as Jainism, secular theology and some varieties of Buddhism such as Theravada do not include belief in a personal god as a tenet of the religion.
Many self-described atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Others argue for atheism on philosophical, social or historical grounds. Although many self-described atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism[5] and naturalism,[6] there is no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere.[7]
